Foreclosure Talks Hit a Snag: Efforts to reach a settlement that would end the long-running probe of foreclosure practices are snagged over whether banks will get broad legal immunity from state officials for mortgage-related claims.

Fans Seek to Preserve Ranch Houses: With a growing number of ranch homes turning 50 years old—the age at which the U.S. Department of the Interior says most buildings may be considered for the National Register of Historic Places—efforts are under way to protect them.

A Walk-Up Bargain: The light and airy two-bedroom Greenwich Village apartment rents for the bargain price of $2,000 a month. But like all Manhattan real-estate discounts, it comes with a catch: It’s one of the last remaining seventh-floor walk-ups in New York City, which were outlawed in 1929. (Video)

Mall Seeks Public Aid: The new developers of a massive New Jersey amusement and retail project say they are looking for tax breaks and other public assistance worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The partially-constructed project now stands stalled.

Flood Fears Drive More to Insurance: The number of New Yorkers buying flood insurance has shot up in the past decade, driven by changing flood maps, cautious banks and a series of high-profile storms that have homeowners worried.

Condos Set for toy Building: The Witkoff Group, which prevailed in an auction for one of the former International Toy Center buildings, is teaming up with a Morgan Stanley real estate fund for a $290 million condo conversion of the property.